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Complaint against BJD district president

Tripathy and his followers assaulted BDO Rajendra Sharma in Papadahandi, alleges OAS

JEYPORE : The Orissa Administrative Service Officers Association of Nowrangpur lodged a complaint against district president of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and municipal chairman of Nowrangpur Prahlad Tripathy at the Papadahandi police station in Nowrangpur district on Thursday. They alleged that Mr. Tripathy and his followers had entered the house of Block District Officer Rajendra Sharma in Papadahandi and assaulted him. The association met with the Collector and SP of Nowrangpur and discussed the incident that had occurred on Wednesday. They warned if the administration fails to arrest the culprits, the association would launch a State-level agitation.

Denies allegations

Mr. Tripathy denied the allegations and said the party workers had gone to Mr. Sharma's residence to demand action on the complaints lodged earlier. Reacting to the incident, Congress leader and former minister Habibulla Khan urged the Chief Minister to order a judicial enquiry into the incident. District Collector of Nowrangpur, Bhaskar Jyoti Sharma, sent project director of DRDA, Narendra Pradhan, to investigate the matter.

LIC golden jubilee fete

Local MLA Rabinarayana Nanda urged the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India management to extend its services to the rural belt and bring farmers and poor people under their insurance fold.

Attending the golden jubilee celebrations organised by the LIC branch here on Thursday, he said according to reports only 30 per cent of people such as employers and businessmen were covered under LIC while the rest of the 70 per cent of rural population were not even aware of insurance.

Branch manager of Jeypore LIC branch, Dasarathi Nisanko, said there was a proposal to launch a satellite branch in Malkanagiri district.

Sub-collector of Jeypore, Sarath Chandra Naik, and assistant branch manager of LIC, B.K. Satapathi also spoke.

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